If I was asked this question, I would be bopping my head up and down thinking, "have you been reading my thoughts?"
I know where I have been, what I have done, and who I have spent time with. But I have no idea where I am going, what I am going to do, or who I will end up spending time with while I am there.
These are the things that I do know:
- I thought that I would be a career woman. I am a stay at home mom.
- I thought I would be single at least until my late twenties. I am a wife of a wonderful husband of 6 years.
- I thought I would have children when I was around the age of 32. I had my first child at the age of 26.
- I thought 2 kids would be just enough. I am a mother of a very smart and active 4 year old boy and uber cute (but very loud) twin 4 month old girls.
- I never wanted to raise a family in Indiana. My husband and I were married in Indiana, moved promptly to Colorado, then to Alaska, and now guess where we are...back in Indiana.
- I thought I would have both of my parents until I was, at the very least, 60. I buried my amazing mother this past January (I'm only 30).
- I have every intention of going to bed at a decent hour. I usually never get to bed before midnight. Hence Midnight Oil Momma.
- I know that everything I have planned in my life never turns out the way I wanted...thanks be to God.
So this is the start of my blog. Obviously I would like it to be successful. I would like to tell you what I want to get out of it and what I would like you to get out of it. But as you can see, from the above list, where I end up will most likely not be where I thought.
My hope for this blog is to be able to come to a place where I can write out my thoughts, feelings, my parenting stories, cooking adventures, gardening experiences, travels, my disappointments and triumphs. I also hope that you will find this blog encouraging, inspiring, a blessing and a place where you can respond to my adventures of being an untrained mom.
Thank you for reading. Until next time.
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Thank you, Selena, for writing this blog. You have been able to express what many women and mothers think and feel, but are not able to put into words. Keep blogging!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Lots of Love!
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited you're doing this!!! I miss you lady! And I made the blogroll ....yippeee! :) Love you!
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ReplyDeleteThis is great that you are writing about experiences you have had and have gone through. I have felt a majority of the things you have felt...Thanks for making this!
Love it Selena! I've been talking about doing the same thing myself and yet never gotten there.... I'm inspired to get started now! Love and blessings!
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna love your blog, just like I love you ;-) I want to let you know how much your sweet touch was missed at camp. You are an amazingly talented and gifted woman. Im so blessed that I have been able to be part of your life. miss you
ReplyDeleteHey special lady, pretty awesome its not our plan huh? You can still be a career woman if you want. I never thought I would be a working mom but with all these kids we can't afford me not working! I also never thought I would have 4! I must be an awesome mom bahahaha. Thanks for the blog, I love to read at midnight.
ReplyDeleteThanks for starting your blog and sharing your thoughts. I'm looking forward to keeping tabs on your family here. I have a lot of blogging friends and it feels like I know them all so much better now...probably because most of us have kids and can never have an uninterrupted conversation otherwise! Ha!
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa! I want to have a place where I can come back to and see what has happened in my life. but also a place where I can have help, support, and encouragement through the process. I have lived in so many different places and have made so many good friends there and I feel as if my connections are waning due to distance, lack of time, and forgetfulness on my part to call. I hope you can continue with me on my journey!! Thanks for commenting!
ReplyDeleteOh Jenny!!! If I were back in Shakespeare's day I would say, "Oh Jenny, how I have missed thee!" Of course you made my blogroll!! So sorry I missed your birthday! I have meant to call you and when I remember, I get interrupted with my crazy life. I love you and miss you dearly! I hope at least through our blogs we can still feel connected ;-)
ReplyDeleteLindsay, I hope that you do start that blog. I would love to read about where you are in life with two precious babies!! Let me know when you start one!!
ReplyDeleteSpoons!!! Oh I have missed your giggle. I miss your kids and hubby. I miss our talks while you are cooking and I am washing dishes in my crazy obsessive way. Thank you for your beautiful words. I really appreciate them. I hope all is well in you busy life! Love You!
ReplyDeleteHi to my baby making friend!! 4. I can't believe it! Life happens when we are making plans, eh? Do you still have your blog? I would check it out when you posted it on facebook. I loved reading it, even though I never commented...sorry. I hope the juggling is working for you!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog! Thank for letting me know you have one! I hope you don't mind, I put it in my blogroll. I am not sure I would know what to do with myself with an uninterrupted conversation, now. I might feel awkward. HA! Brad and I talk all the time about going back to Colorado...to visit of course. I hope you and your family is doing well! Einen guten Tag haben! (please do not think too highly of me...I used an english to german translator online...hehehehe.)
ReplyDeleteVery cool, Selena! You may just have inspired me to attempt the same thing!
ReplyDeleteFantastic! I think being able to write about your journey through life just might be therapeutic. I hope to read yours someday soon!
ReplyDeleteSelena, your new endeavor sounds so exciting! I feel like I was born fifty....maybe sixty, years too soon. The year I lost my Mom, I started writing ....what we call "journaling". Those gleanings and memories are in various forms; diaries, calendars, note pads and personal Journals. I am in the process of putting them together for my kids (for when I am not longer with them). Oh, My! how much easier this Blogging would have been for me, .....I think. At least I would be most organized. I love your Website. Very imaginative and artful. I just know you will achieve the goal you have set for yourself. You know, you won my heart during the mission trip at the Camp and especially when you "spoiled" me with the trip to meet friend Evelyn M and the surprise visit to Earthquake Park. You and Brad made that work mission trip so very special. God is Good!
ReplyDeleteEvelyn. How I enjoy hearing from you! You inspire me. I can't really put my finger on it, but every time I hear from you my heart smiles. During our very short time together in Alaska, you touched my heart. The way you remember things from your life. It amazes me. I would like to be like that. Thank you for the wonderful words of encouragement. I hope that I can continue to touch people through my life adventure.
ReplyDeleteDanke, Selena! :) I've been contemplating putting up a blogroll on my blog too, and when I do, I'll definitely add yours! We're all doing pretty well. It is definitely up and down for me some days as I cope with missing my dad, but the girls bring so much joy. I think of you often, knowing that you are walking a similar path right now.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to read more of you, Midnight Mama!! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Amy!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry about your mom...
ReplyDeleteI haven't lost my mom, but our daughter died in '08 and grief is such a long, hard valley to walk through. I'm so sorry.
Oh wow! Losing a child. I do not even know what to say to that. Losing my mom has been hard enough. But losing one of your own. Thank you for sharing.
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